Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

This nearly endless university hallway is home to a unique sunset known as "MIThenge."

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!